A Veteran Chicago Chef Is Sparking a Culinary Revolution in Suburban Highwood

Deere Park co-owner Todd Stein has worked at some of Chicago’s best restaurants. | Deere Park/Neil John Burger Photography

Deere Park is from childhood friends chef Todd Stein and Josh Kaplan.

Todd Stein’s commute from Wilmette to his newly opened Highwood restaurant, Deere Park, is 13 minutes. For a chef who’s spent the majority of his career in Chicago, not needing to brave traffic from the North Shore to the city is a game-changer. However, avoiding bumper-to-bumper situations along the Edens Expressway wasn’t the driving force behind why Stein opened his “American brasserie.”

Stein partnered with childhood friend Josh

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